Extra-luminal Air Fluid Level on Abdominal X-ray of a Patient with Isolated Jejunal Blow Out Case report
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2012, Vol 12, Issue 2
Abstract
Patients with trivial blunt abdominal trauma may present with isolated jejunal blow out (IJBO). A high index of suspicion is required as delayed presentation or delayed diagnosis may increase morbidity. Presentation with frank perforation peritonitis can be diagnosed by abdominal X-rays. We report the case of a patient who presented with features of peritonitis 10 days after being injured by a knee kick trauma. An erect abdominal X-ray showed extraluminal air-fluid levels, suggesting a hollow viscous injury which on exploration was found to be IJBO.
Authors and Affiliations
Khalid Munir Bhatti| Sheikh Zayed Medical Complex, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, Mohammed Zulfqar Ali| Sheikh Zayed Medical Complex, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, Afshan Khalid| Sheikh Zayed Medical Complex, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, Umar Mushtaq| Sheikh Zayed Medical Complex, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, Mohammed Idrees Anwar| Sheikh Zayed Medical Complex, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
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